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AboutMoreAfter founding a law firm in Manhattan and managing it for a number of years, Ephraim Sobol moved to South Florida with his family and embarked on a successful career in real estate investment. An enthusiastic supporter of organizations that “spread the Torah”, Mr. Sobol himself began giving Torah lectures in his local community. Two […]
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You See?You See: Used when you hope someone else will understand what you are saying. Dictionary.Cambridge.org 2012 In perhaps the first recorded instance of unsolicited advice from an in-law, this week's parsha recounts Yisro's suggestion to Moshe that he revamp the sole-arbiter system he was employing to judge the people. After viewing that "Moshe sat to […]
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After MidnightAfter Midnight: 1970 smash cover hit by Eric Clapton, featuring the lyrics "We're gonna find out what it's all about...After Midnight." Eight (or even nine) plagues were clearly not enough for the Egyptians and their pig-headed potentate Pharaoh, so Hashem tells Moshe One more plague shall I bring upon Pharaoh and Egypt; after that he […]
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Have a Heart?!Have A Heart: To be compassionate; to show kindness or sympathy. Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms 2003 Pharaoh's stunning stubbornness is on full display in this week's parsha. Witnessing incredible miracles and enduring devastating plagues, Pharaoh inexplicably spurns Moshe's invitation for relief by continually refusing to allow the Jewish nation to go free. It is […]
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Be a Man!In this week's parsha we are introduced to our hero and eternal leader, Moshe Rabbeinu, whose life and leadership span the remainder of the Torah. The Torah's principle of recording only that which is necessary and pertinent leads to a wildly uneven treatment of Moshe's lifespan: the first 80 years of his life are concentrated […]
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It's (Not) Chinese to MeThe preamble to our nationhood comes to a close in this week's parsha. Having enjoyed seventeen years of serenity with his beloved Yosef, Yaakov's "time to die" approached. The Gemara in Bava Metziah (87a) informs us that "Yaakov beseeched [G-d] for mercy", and thus was the first person in history to become ill before dying, […]
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